German investigators smash international bank fraud network

Together with authorities in Brazil, they dismantled a criminal network after several years of investigation and arrested numerous suspects, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Frankfurt Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday.

ILLUSTRATION – The police have uncovered an international fraud ring that made unauthorized charges to the accounts of online banking users.

Photo: Monika Skolimowska/dpa Police and prosecutors in the German financial hub of Frankfurt have uncovered an international fraud ring alleged to have defrauded bank customers of millions of euros.